The Chinese violinist Luo Chaowen, 23, won first prize at South Korea’s Isangyun Competition last night, performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto. He’s studying at the Beijing central conservatory.
Saxophonist Jason Xu, 19, a Chinese-Canadian student at the University of Michigan, won the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal competition for woodwind and brass.
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